Responsibilities

• Perform and lead the GNC system development, implementation, integration and testing
• Gather, define, and document requirements to support mission and/or trajectory
• Develop GNC algorithms, models and software
• Develop, analyze and review data to validate and verify system meets specifications and design requirements
• ‍Perform modeling and simulation tasks to validate system design and performance
• Perform GNC system integration, checkout and troubleshooting of anomalies
• Perform and direct test planning, development of test procedures and test execution
• Develop sensor and support Avionics systems requirements
• ‍Support critical sensor (e.g. IMU) system engineering, integration and test
• Support critical controller (e.g. Thrust Vector Control Actuators, Throttle Valves) system engineering, integration and test
• Mission specific analysis for customer launch and in support of business development
• ‍Perform "Hardware in the Loop" (HITL) testing/simulation prior to launch on both testbed and integrated launch vehicle

Near Term Responsibilities

• Stand up development integrated test bed
• ‍Work with Avionics, Software and hardware teams in HITL environment to develop transitions and commands
• Develop codes needed to "fly" the rocket in a simulation environment in support of HITL testing
• Work with design engineers to iterate between structural and GNC limits
• ‍Perform trajectory analysis in coordination with structures design team to enable loads analysis and design optimization for primary structure capability
• Design for loads alleviation through trajectory and loads development/understanding
• Develop GNC algorithms, models and software
• ‍Create software implementation guide and coordinate with software engineering team to write high level flight software responsible for flying vehicle and deploying payload to intended orbit

Basic Qualifications

• B.S. from an accredited university
• 4+ years experience in the development of aircraft, missile, spacecraft or similar vehicle Navigation systems or GNC systems

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated skills in modeling, simulation, and analysis software such as MATLAB/Simulink and experience in at least one or more high-level programming languages (e.g. C, C++, or FORTRAN)
• Proficiency in trajectory planning/design and optimization algorithms or tools (e.g. POST2)
• Day of launch or on-orbit systems support including launch limits and loads/GNC capabilities evaluation
• Demonstrated leadership of or within a small project team either in current role or during project based team in school

What We Look For

• 1. Critical thinking: ABL engineers understand the "why" behind all design decisions, operational events and test outcomes.  
• 2. Ability to deal with ambiguity: there is no roadmap and ABL engineers must be comfortable defining their own pathway to an objective. 
• 3. End-to-end ownership: projects are delivered fully complete and ready for flight; there is no one to pick up the slack of partially complete work.